GIMP Success

Well, just a little bit of success anyway. I finally managed to cut out a shape with a transparent background! I will be posting a tutorial with these steps on www.nuthouse-scraps.com in the help forum, but if you see this and can't wait, check out www.gimptalk.com. They have a ton of tutorials and help topics. They too seem to be geared toward the graphic designer, not the scrapbooker, so my mission continues.

GIMP!

So I am trying to learn GIMP, GNU Image Manipulation Program (www.gimp.org). It's a free program, supposedly very similar to Photoshop (PS). I cannot vouch for this because I have never used PS but everything I have read so far says this. Anyway, I decided to try GIMP so I can save the $9.99/month I spend for the online digi program I have been using, plus it will enable me to manipulate photos, papers, elements, etc., more than I can now.

Well, it's safe to say I am GIMP-ing along! I have manged to create a fairly basic layout and add text. YouTube tutorials have gotten me this far. I am trying clipping masks now and getting frustrated. I know there must be a good tutorial to tell me how to do this so all I get is the image without the background...or maybe I need a transparent background...hold that thought, be right back!

OK that didn't work like I thought so I am off to read more tutorials. Be back!

Girlfriends

Another Blushing Kit LO

AT LAST!!!!!

I am so excited....and I've been having such good luck lately I can't believe it. I am finally after many tries on a design team!!! And it's digital scrapbooking...who would've thought when I dipped my "toes" into the digi world I would get on a digi team first! So the good stuff...it's for SusDesigns. Her designs are adorable! I love everything and I can't wait to play with all her kits! Here is my first LO from my first assignment! I am very nervous, so I hope everyone, especially Susanne, likes it! The kit is Blushing and I just love the colors! I took some great rainbow pics yesterday and immediately thought of this kit...that'll be the next LO with this kit. Thanks for looking...oh and did you see my new blinkie? :)